Where Does Haye Go Now?
March 11th, 2009
By Chris Williams: With the recent news about International Boxing Federation – IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye’s negotiations hitting an impassable wall, it looks as if Haye is going to have to seek out another alternative for his next bout, one that doesn’t involve a Klitschko. Of course, if Haye is truly interested in fighting Wladimir, he should probably give into whatever Wladimir’s asking and start instantly groveling. I doubt Haye will, though. I guess I can’t blame him for not being eager to give into Wladimir’s prerequisites, because if the fight were to take place, Haye would get knocked out and then all this grandstanding and hype would be finished.
So who should Haye fight next? Well, if he wants any respect he’ll focus on the upper tier fighters only. I doubt he will, but I strongly advise him to do so. Since Haye has issues with taking hard punches, I could suggest he go after someone like Michael Grant, Ray Austin, Kali Meehan, Matt Skelton, or Brian Minto.
In other words, the bottom dwellers of the top 15. I wouldn’t advise Haye to go above these fighters against more talented heavyweights because I think Haye will have his hands full beating just these guys, let alone the top 5 heavyweights. In facing Austin, Grant, and Meehan, Haye would at least be preparing himself somewhat for a fight against one of the Klitschko brothers in the future.
Each one of these fighters is above 6’5″, punch fairly hard and have decent skills. All have issues with their chins but in most cases they’re able to stay in there for a few rounds before folding. Haye would do well to if he could get a victory over one of them and then in the absence of a Klitschko fight, take on another lower level heavyweight in the division.
Meehan might be too good for Haye, however. Meehan can take a shot and bring it and would likely turn a fight against Haye into a war before it’s over. Haye might be better off steering clear of him and going after Minto or Skelton, both good fighters but not particularly powerful.
These would be good stay busy fights for Haye without the threat of a fight against a better heavyweight could give him while waits for Vitali to get free of his commitments to Juan Carlos Gomez and possibly Oleg Maskaev.
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david haye was mr nobody allthose boxers he boxed they were infact not like a boxers .he has comjplexes , he is rude ,immature, ediot,he use klischkos name to get populer infact he is affraid of klischkos.
Chris ur article is more than biased, and u dnt really have a clue, i agree with fan, ur defiantely a fat cake eater and live with ur mum…The fight will happen when it happens, hopefully sooner than later, and Haye will take the title. enough said.
Chris, your an ignorant, biased prick. I’m pretty confident your fat aswell.
“Haye can move on to some more journeyman fighters and continue with his hype machine for a little longer.”
Yeah Chris you really do chat bol****. If anything Haye has been a little too much of a risk taker in his career, constantly seeking and fighting the best in his division. not sure he’s fought a legitimate journeyman in his last 15 fights.
one good thing to come out of this is chris areola also wont be fighting “the walking valium tablet” also known as wladimir klitchko, so this has surely set up a matchup between areola and haye, but of course you brits know as well as i do haye would never take this fight and cant really blame him given the fact he would get blasted out in 3 and ruin any chance he had of a title shot! haye is just a hyped up wee petulant child in a mans division. i have know dougt that he will continue to fight safe fights like another british fighter ie joke calzaghe in the knowledge that he will get his title shot against klitchko, sure he will get his night of fame and all the big build up and attention but he will pay for it with his health when wlad gets a hold of him of that i have no dought.
well i think he has many options to go for, such as the lower world titles. i know they won’t really be on his radar, but they would serve as good stepping stones and bring him a bit of credibility, plus he would be able to use them as a bit of leverage in his negotiations with the bro’s and other top heavyweights. i mean, theres a huge list to choose from and quite a few don’t call for mandatories-
WBU, WBF, IBA, IBC, IBO (although i think wlad has this one), IBU, EBF, ect.
by fighting for a few of these he could also adjust to the weight a bit more as during negotiations he has been putting on a lot more weight (muscle) and lets face it, you can’t slag a guy off for fighting for titles can you? otherwise he will be reduced to fighting the lower ranked guys with no reward at all.
by the way, don’t give up the day job chris. i suggest you actually do some homework on a sport before you write crap about it.
Would definately like to see Haye fight again soon, as like many people i’m starting to lose interest. But that said, i’d like to see him take on a viable opponent.
Post is pretty bias, but at the same time, there aren’t many alternatives to what he says.
this fight makes too much sense not to happen. it will. there’s no other fight at heavy that has nearly as much heat.
be patient.
either way: vlad by ko in 7.
Ko King ill give you every penny i have to watch you get beat retarded against either K-Bro with 1 of their hands tied behind their backs.
Haye is lucky to be talking to the Klitschko’s and should get nothing more than a second rate Heavyweight considering he has done jack sh*t in this division.Monte Barret?LMFAO.Sign the dead moron and get KTFO.Wlad is the true Champion and he calls the shots whether you like it or not.
i now dont care if Haye fights mike tyson. He has sh1t on us fans with his poor negotiations. i will not be going or watching whoever he fights…..
All have issues with their chins? Skelton’s only ever been stopped once in one of the most brutal domestic fights for a decade.
Simon:
The stupid ukraine was asking for too much money and if he was to lose an immedite reamtch i meen whats the point. Chris do us a favour, jump off a cliff
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That “stupid ukraine” is the world champion. He makes the terms – not Haye – as Klitschko pointed out – Haye can agree to the terms – or he can wait 2 years before he gets a title shot. His choice.
Kali Meehan can take a shot?? I seem to recall Danny Williams Knocking him out inside 1 minute!!
Chris you are a fool, with absoultely no knowledge of boxing at all!!
Chris get a f##kin clue.Shame this isnt on paper because id wipe my back side with it………..totally biast view very poor
The stupid ukraine was asking for too much money and if he was to lose an immedite reamtch i meen whats the point. Chris do us a favour, jump off a cliff
seriously getting bored of this now.. this fight is losing alot of appeal and interest due to all this messing about
from what ive heard the main problem has been that Haye has demanded pretty much 100% of British TV money for the fight, and to be fair why not? The Klitschko’s are worth about 50p in this country so why should haye let them have it.
“If Haye is truly interested in fighting Wladimir, he should probably give into whatever Wladimir’s asking and start instantly groveling.” I bet theres a job waiting for you at Golden Boy or Top Rank with those negotiation skills Chris!! Moron.